A dreadful book, written by one of the three "academic humanists" who were associated with the Middletown project, but were dismayed to discover that their foolish ideas ("interview past high-school class presidents") were ignored by the filmmakers. The three expected to earn a tidy paycheck, and when that didn't happen, they sought revenge. To learn the truth about the film Seventeen (and see it, free) go to
realseventeenmovie.com